Election preview begins at 09:05.

In the fourth episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast, presenters Benjamin Redd and Nizar Hassan talk about what's happened in the past week, as well as predictions for who will be the biggest winners and losers come Sunday's election, voter apathy, and whether there is a chance for new parties and independents to break into parliament. This special election preview episode is dropping Friday night before Lebanon's election media blackout.

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Political rhetoric begins at 09:54.

In the third episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast, presenters Benjamin Redd and Nizar Hassan are joined by former editor and current politics PhD candidate Wassim Mroueh to talk about what's happened in the past week including the Syria-related controversies sparked by the budget law and by campaign posters. Our main topic, political rhetoric: Who is saying what out on the campaign trail.

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Political alliances begins at 14:05.

In the second episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast, presenters Benjamin Redd and Nizar Hassan talk about what's happened in the past week, explain the main political parties and their sectarian divisions, and ask just how and why the seemingly insane electoral alliances have formed in the run to the May parliamentary elections.

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In the first episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast, presenters Benjamin Redd and Nizar Hassan introduce listeners to the complex ins and outs of the Lebanese political system and the issues that will be in play in the run up to the first Lebanese parliamentary elections for almost a decade.

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